Defenseman Brandon Manning is the lone Lehigh Valley Phantom named to the AHL All-Star Game roster for the Eastern Conference.

The AHL announced All-Star selections Tuesday afternoon. Manning also was selected to the 2013 AHL All-Star Game.

"It's definitely nice to be recognized," said the 24-year-old Manning, who leads the Phantoms in scoring with 23 points, assists with 17, is second on the team in power-play goals with three, and plus/minus at plus-3. "It's an exciting time to go and represent your team and see some of the other guys from around the league."

The 2015 AHL All-Star Classic will take place Jan. 25-26, 2015 at Utica (N.Y.) Memorial Auditorium, home of the Utica Comets.

The AHL All-Star Skills Competition will take place Sunday, Jan. 25, followed by the AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Monday, Jan. 26, and the 2015 AHL All-Star Game that evening. The Skills Competition and the All-Star Game will be held at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. The other events during the All-Star Classic will take place at Turning Stone Resort Casino in nearby Verona, N.Y.

"I think there's definitely some other guys on our team that could have been recognized," Manning said. "Unfortunately, I'm going alone, but it will be a fun experience and a good weekend."

Manning has played solidly for the Phantoms all season and received a two-game call-up with the parent club Philadelphia Flyers on Oct. 29. The 6-foot, 205-pound defenseman had an eight-game points streak Nov. 14-29 and a four-game goal-scoring streak Nov. 14-21.

The left-shooting Manning scored the overtime game-winner in the first-regular season AHL game at the PPL Center to beat Adirondack Flames 4-3. The Phantoms moved from their temporary home in Glens Falls, N.Y., this season after playing five years as the Adirondack Phantoms.

Manning has been the Phantoms' most consistent defenseman through the first 33 games of the season. He has played in 31 for the Phantoms, and missed the two other games due to his NHL call-up.

"I think as you get older, you mature a little bit and understand how the league works," he said. "I think [assistant coach] Riley Cote has done a good job letting me play a lot of minutes, and I think that contributes to my success this year. Definitely as you get older, you understand what it takes and how to take care of your body, and with that, the game comes a little easier."

While Manning is the point man on the team's top power-play unit, he also plays with a tenacity and edge that has seen him pick up 80 penalty minutes, second on the team only to tough guy Jay Rosehill.

"I definitely like to play that way," he said. "I've always been a point guy on the power play, so people don't think of me like that, but I like bringing an edge to my game and contribute where I can. This year it's working out for me where I'm scoring some points as well."

Phantoms lines: Forward Ryan White cleared waivers in the NHL and the Flyers re-assigned him to the Phantoms. White had played the last three games with the Phantoms on a conditioning stint. The Flyers had to recall him at that point, but general manager Ron Hextall said he thought he needed more playing times before rejoining the NHL, so he placed him on waivers Monday with the hope that he'd clear and could be re-assigned to Lehigh Valley. White had not played previously this season after tearing a pectoral muscle during an off-ice workout in August.

Also, rookie defenseman Robert Hagg rejoined the Phantoms late Tuesday and will practice with the team Wednesday. The 19-year-old helped Sweden to a fourth-place finish in the IIHF World Junior Championships in Toronto.

A 19-year-old blueliner from Uppsala, Sweden, Hagg was reassigned by Philadelphia to Sweden on Dec. 22 for the IIHF World Junior Championships. In seven games with his native country, the 6-foot-2, 203-pound defender amassed two assists, two penalty minutes and 15 shots on goal. Sweden was handed a 4-2 setback by Slovakia in the bronze-medal game. A second-round selection (41st overall) by the Flyers in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Hagg has two goals, 11 assists, 13 points and 28 penalty minutes in 28 games with the Phantoms this season.